SOLUTION: Alice works in NY and makes 42 dollars per hr. She works in a office and spends 75 dollars a day on dry clean. She wants to make more than 260 dollars a day, how many hours does s

Question 1011289: Alice works in NY and makes 42 dollars per hr. She works in a office and spends 75 dollars a day on dry clean. She wants to make more than 260 dollars a day, how many hours does she need to work.
I'm not sure how to do this.
Found 2 solutions by josgarithmetic, MathTherapy:
Answer by josgarithmetic(39623) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
She needs to work x hours.

Her daily income is 42x.
She wants to make at least $260 in one day.
. The dry cleaning cost is not part of the problem. The description did not include anything about taxes. The description could be improved.

If Alice wants to make the dry-cleaning expense important and reduce her income, then , because she wants to overcome the dry-cleaning expense and be able to have $260 AFTER the dry-cleaning expense.
Answer by MathTherapy(10555) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!

Alice works in NY and makes 42 dollars per hr. She works in a office and spends 75 dollars a day on dry clean. She wants to make more than 260 dollars a day, how many hours does she need to work.
I'm not sure how to do this.

Let amount of hours be H
then we get: 42H - 75 > 260
42H = 260 + 75
42H > 335
Amount of hours, or H > , or H > 7.976190476, or amount of hours MUST BE at least 4.976190476 , or , approximately
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